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In this book, a series of granular algorithms are proposed. A nature inspired granular algorithm based on Newtonian gravitational forces is proposed. A series of methods for the formation of higher-ty
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This volume is a comprehensive collection of extended contributions from the Workshop on Computational Optimization 2015. It presents recent advances in computational optimization. The volume includes
This monograph is dedicated to the systematic presentation of main trends, technologies and methods of computational intelligence (CI). The book pays big attention to novel important CI technology- fu
This edited book presents scientific results of the 15th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information Science (ICIS 2016) which was held on June 26– 29 in Okayama, Japan. The aim of
This book is a collection of extended chapters from the selectedpapers that were published in the proceedings of Science and Information (SAI) Conference2015. It contains twenty-one chapters in the fi
This volumecomprises of 20 selected chapters, including two overview chapters devoted to abdominal imaging in clinical applicationssupported computer aided diagnosis approaches as well as providing d
In this book a neural network learning method with type-2 fuzzy weight adjustment is proposed. The mathematical analysis of the proposed learning method architecture and the adaptation of type-2 fuzzy
This edited book presents scientific results of the 14th International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence Research, Management and Applications (SERA 2016) held on June 8-10,
In this short monograph Newton-likeand other similar numerical methods with applications to solving multivariateequations are developed, which involve Caputotype fractional mixed partial derivatives a
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This book reports on the latest advances andapplications of chaotic systems. Itconsists of 25 contributed chapters by experts who are specialized in thevarious topics addressed in this book. The chapt
This volume gathers the peer reviewed papers which were presented at the 5th edition of the International Workshop “Service Orientation in Holonic and Multi-agent Man-ufacturing – SOHOMA’15” organized
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This book introduces a novel approach for intelligent visualizations that adapts the different visual variables and data processing to human’s behavior and given tasks. Thereby a number of new algorit
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This book provides readers with a selection of high-quality chapters that cover both theoretical concepts and practical applications of image feature detectors and descriptors. It serves as reference
In this book, a new method for hybrid intelligent systems is proposed. The proposed method is based on a granular computing approach applied in two levels. The techniques used and combined in the prop
This bookpresents some of the emerging techniques and technologies used to handle Webdata management. Authors present novel software architectures and emergingtechnologies and then validate using expe
This book at hand explores emerging scientific and technological areas in which Intelligent Computing Systems provide efficient solutions and, thus, may play a role in the years to come. It demonstrat
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In this carefully edited book some selected results of theoretical and applied research in the field of broadly perceived intelligent systems are presented. The problems vary from industrial to web an
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This, the 26th issue of the Transactions on Computational Science journal, is comprised of ten extended versions of selected papers from the International Conference on Cyberworlds 2014, held in Santa
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